Description
As the Powertrain Planning Analyst for Ford Racing, you will be the strategic engine behind our physical engines. You will be responsible for carrying out all Powertrain Planning workstreams required to deliver pre-production powertrain milestones.
This is a highly visible, cross-functional role. You will interact extensively with Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and other business units to lead unit programs through the milestone approval process. Utilizing strong critical thinking skills and data-driven analysis, you will develop and communicate well-reasoned points of view to ensure our performance derivatives are not only thrilling, but highly profitable.
Responsibilities:
Act as the voice of Ford Racing with base vehicle programs, enabling the creation of highly profitable, high-performance derivatives. Drive competitive cost and investment targets to ensure compatibility with profitability goals and strategic pricing. Lead comprehensive business case analyses for various unit choices. Create Milestone papers, lead cross-functional pre-reviews, and develop the narratives, financial schedules, and deliverable assessments required to secure executive approval. Develop and maintain unit assumptions to support the planning process. Utilize appropriate tools to track open items, complete requisite deliverables, and lead the documentation of solutions. Demonstrate thought leadership by proactively anticipating key issues and addressing them across organizational borders before they impact the program.
Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field. 5+ years of experience in Powertrain Planning, Program Management, or Product Strategy. A deep, genuine passion for performance vehicles, motorsports, the customer, and product innovation. Strong critical thinking and organizational skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable strategies. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. You must be able to craft a compelling narrative to secure buy-in from diverse stakeholders. A self-motivated “bias for action.” You are eager to take ownership, deliver results with minimal supervision, and embody the Ford OS behaviours (Own it, Deliver It). Experience working successfully across cultural and organizational borders to build consensus.
Benefits:
Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases Tuition assistance Established and active employee resource groups Paid time off for individual and team community service A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Salary:
This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900. This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate’s skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.